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Has Ayoze Perez just explained the reasoning behind Newcastle's lack of goals?

Newcastle star Perez has admitted that crossing the ball is a key factor in the Magpies’ game plan.

Speaking to the Shields Gazette, Ayoze Perez of Newcastle United has admitted that playing crosses into the box is a key part of the Magpies’ game plan, despite the fact that they are extremely wasteful with crosses.

Perez said: “Every game we have many crosses, but we don’t score enough goals. We have everything we have to improve. It’s not good enough.”

Perez has admitted that Newcastle are not scoring enough goals, despite the fact that they cross the ball very frequently.

Despite attempting 25 crosses per game, they are only managing five accurate crosses each time they take to the field, a poor conversion rate considering Steve McClaren's game plan is heavily built on the desire to score goals from crossed opportunities.

Whether this is an issue with the players crossing the ball, or the striker supposed to connect with it, remains to be seen, but McClaren should seriously consider changing his prime game plan if Newcastle want to pick up their first win of the season.

Billy Hawkins

Billy is a freelance writer who contributes to various sites concerning football. Known to possess an obsession with statistics, Eastern European club sides, and Victorian football, he focuses upon the untapped potential of the Football League in the belief it is more enjoyable than the Premier League.